As you may know, recently there was another few terrorist attacks in different parts of the world, such as the shooting in the American gay-bar, or the stabbing of a police officer and his wife
in France. These are terrible crimes, and the criminals were both killed in these attacks. But was the media coverage of these crimes really such a good idea?

The criminals in both of these cases did this to make a statement to the world, they both expected to die after doing these horrible crimes, and thanks to the media coverage, everyone knows who
the criminals were, and what they did, their motivation, and their loyalties.

This is exactly what they wanted. They wanted everyone in the world to see this, to feel some kind of fear that this could happen again.

Should major media really send this out all over the world, should it be major news?

Just for clarification, this does not mean the victims of these crimes should not be focused on, but rather that the criminal should not show up in media.

Let's talk about that.

- Sunday the 26th of June

- Video Game Violence -

So, these days, when something violent happens, there are often a lot of different reasons or possible motives.

One big one that has come up multiple times, is that violent video games have a big impact on children/young people, and that they are able to cause young people to want to be violent in real
life.

Do you think this is true? Why, Why not?

Why do you think this has been attributed to video games, when there have been violent movies for longer than there have been violent video games?

Also, almost every country has the same violent video games as every other, so why do you think that the rate of violent crimes isn't as high in some countries, even though these video games are
available?

Do you think those who do violent and terrible things are always going to be that way, even if they are not exposed to such mediums as video games or movies?

So apparently, job hunting in Japan is very difficult, and many young people have a difficult time when searching for jobs or trying to get into a field in which they wish to work, or in which
they studied for.

Why is it so difficult to get a good job in Japan?

How many people are able to keep the same job for the rest of their lives in Japan?

Is there a job-hopping culture in Japan?

How many people stay home and continue their family's business? Is that common?

Is there a gender bias when job hunting?

Let's talk about that.

- Sunday the 19th of June

- Sexual Harassment in Japan -

It seems that sexual harassment and perverts in Japan is a big problem.

It's in the very least, bad enough that if you buy a device with a camera function, you are unable to disable the shutter sound, so if you take a photo people will definitely hear it.

Also, in trains there are notices to remind everyone that sexual assault/molestation is a crime! In other countries we don't need to be reminded of that.

What has caused this kind of harassment culture to exist in Japan?

Are all of these warnings and preventative measures excessive, or are they justified?

The U.S.A. has a lot of problems with war veterans becoming unemployed, homeless, depressed, and even committing suicide because they can't easily get the help they need after being in real war
situations.

Did Japan have any issues with war veterans after WW2?

I know Japan hasn't participated in war for many years now, however.

Are there any surviving war veterans in Japan?

How do the general public of Japan view Japanese WW2 veterans?

Let's talk about that.

- Sunday the 12th of June

- Mental Disabilities in Japan -

What do Japanese people do with their mentally disabled citizens?

In many countries, there are many different ways people treat their mentally disabled citizens. I the past there were many barbaric ways in which people thought they could cure certain mental
illnesses, such as electric shocks and lobotomies.

In some countries now people try to give those with disabilities the best possible quality of life that they can, but some would argue that it is a waste of money or that the disabled people will
never have a truly good quality of life in comparison to regular people, what do you think about that?

These days its also possible to test if an unborn foetus will be born with certain mental illnesses, and many people choose to abort those children as they don't think the child will have a good
quality of life, do you think that is a bad idea or a good idea?

In western culture, the soul/spirit is very important, and the body is considered just a shell.

Are there often issues with the will or family rivalry for inheritance in Japan?

In western countries, it is very common for families to fight and even end up breaking up because they don't agree on how the inheritance should be split.

Do people still perform burials in Japan? Why do most people in Japan cremate their family members?

Let's talk about that.

- Sunday the 5th of June

- Weapon control -

What do you think about weapon control in Japan?

America has a lot of problems concerning weapon control or possibly, not enough weapon control. If you compare the amount of murders in the US compared to countries like Japan, England or other
countries with strict weapon control, the US has a unbelievably ridiculous amount of murders, and a large percentage of them are done with guns.

Also, in America, people are able to carry weapons in the street if they get a special permit, recently a man with a concealed carry gun tried to stop a violent attack on a woman, and he was shot
by the violent criminal. He didn't survive. Do you think that if weapon control was better in the US that something like this wouldn't have happened?

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Why do many pro-weapon citizens of America think it's ok to be able to buy fully automatic weapons and why do you think they think they need it?